I've just started working with Maven and this is my initial pom configuration.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>ds</groupId> <artifactId>DSAlgos</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>DSAlgos</name> <description> Data Structures and Algorithms </description> <url>http://github.com/Fernal73/DSAlgos</url> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <maven.site.plugin.version>3.8.2</maven.site.plugin.version> <maven.spotbugs.plugin.version>4.0.0</maven.spotbugs.plugin.version> <maven.pmd.plugin.version>3.13.0</maven.pmd.plugin.version> <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target> <maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.1</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version> <maven.versions.plugin.version>2.7</maven.versions.plugin.version> <java.version>11</java.version> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId> <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId> <version>5.6.2</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId> <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId> <version>5.6.2</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.13</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <defaultGoal>clean install</defaultGoal> <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) --> <plugins> <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle --> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.0</version> </plugin> <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging --> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.8.0</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.22.1</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.8.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.7.1</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.0</version> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.1</version> <configuration> <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation> <propertiesLocation>${basedir}/checkstyle.properties</propertiesLocation> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <id>checkstyle</id> <phase>process-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>check</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId> <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId> <version>8.33</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>com.coveo</groupId> <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.10</version> <executions> <execution> <id>format</id> <phase>process-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>format</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId> <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId> <version>1.8</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>au.com.acegi</groupId> <artifactId>xml-format-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.2</version> <executions> <execution> <id>xml-format</id> <phase>process-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>xml-format</goal> </goals> <configuration> <indentSize>2</indentSize> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </pluginManagement> </build> <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.1</version> <configuration> <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation> <propertiesLocation>${basedir}/checkstyle.properties</propertiesLocation> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>com.coveo</groupId> <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.10</version> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting> </project> How do I ensure that Checkstyle plugin is executed when I simply type mvn on the command prompt? Regards, Linus.